Publications

This is a collection of 18 papers written by legal scholars and practitioners from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Slovenia, dealing with various aspects of the protection against double jeopardy in criminal proceedings. The publications is available in Serbian language.

The OSCE Mission to Serbia-supported research investigates which programs of digital competences are being developed and initiated in Serbia within the formal and informal education and offers a set of recommendations for public policy.

The research report provides analytical insight in the journalists’ current proficiency in digital competences, how they have been acquiring digital skills and knowledge, and their motivation for professional development, especially in terms of any gender differences, formulates the main problems in the area, and provides recommendations for improving the digital competences of this group of professionals.

The publication is aimed at helping ombudspersons to use effective and credible approaches in their everyday work, in promoting fairness, equality, clarity and innovation, as well as in protection of human rights. It offers recommendations to ombudspersons in their efforts to ensure that their institution is well regarded within the local and peer communities, such as the Association of Ombudspersons in Serbia, but also within other independent institutions in the country, as well as other regional and international independent institutions and organizations they co-operate with. Due to the important oversight role of ombudspersons, as independent institutions, the OSCE Mission to Serbia supports the Association of Ombudspersons in Serbia (AOS) in its efforts to help local ombudspersons in fulfilling their mandate of setting the standards in the work of democratic institutions and through continuous protection of the rights of citizens. The publication is available in Serbian language.

Research Study Position of Women in Trade Unions in Serbia prepared by CSO Women Association FemPlatz, in 2020, with the OSCE Mission's support. According to the Research, there are still existent gaps in the living standards and in the well-being of men and women in Serbia. Gender inequalities at labor market exist in different important aspects, such as segregation in occupation and employment sectors, existence of glass ceilings, and, in addition, it shows, that, although women workers have played a key role during COVID-19 epidemic, they have been more exposed to economic consequences of the epidemic than men. Research also highlights the need to address serious representation gaps in trade unions, especially at leadership positions, as well as the need to review and adapt policies in order to genuinely serve men and women alike, underlining the fact that gender equality is an important union matter. It contains recommendations for a gender-responsive approach in economic area in order to avoid further reproducing or accentuating of economic and gender inequalities and in order to improve future approach in use of women’s resources.

The Analysis of the Current Situation and Proposals for Improving the System of Collective Management and Individual Exercise of Copyright and Related Rights in the Republic of Serbia by lawyer Dragan Milic was done in order to contribute to support the Media Strategy and Action Plan implementation and offers insights in media-related copyright issues.

The analysis focuses on assessing the state of women's entrepreneurship and women's economic empowerment based on OSCE commitment (Ministerial Council, 7 December 2011: DECISION No. 10/11 PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE) and the results of previous OSCE research in this field as well as the results of the analysis of existing support to women entrepreneurs, mapping of new forms of cooperation and recommendations given.The analysis starts from the fact that micro, small and medium enterprises, including those owned by women, are of vital importance for the economic and social development and sustainability of Serbian society. The publication is available in Serbian language only.

The publication guides you through the process of creating highly interactive workshops, with special reference to the implementation in the changed circumstances of educational work. The central part of the guide is a description of techniques, games and exercises that allow for an extremely high level of active participation of students in their process of learning and strengthening skills. The guidebook is available in Serbian language.

This publication is part of the project “Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression” (#SAIFE), 2021.

The research focuses on examining the needs of schools in the changed circumstances of educational work, with a focus on the perspective of teachers, while the results were used to create practical tools to support their work and create recommendations for preventing risky behaviors during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted online among 916 teachers from 271 primary schools in Serbia. Based on the research results, recommendations were created to support teachers and schools in their work on the prevention of risky behaviors in COVID and post-COVID time. The publication is available in Serbian language.